The Canal & River Trust is a charity looking after the 2,000 miles of waterways in England and Wales, cleaning them, protecting their wildlife and encouraging the public to visit them by promoting the benefits to wellbeing of spending time in these locations. Its staff and volunteers include engineers, hyrologists, ecologists and others to keep canals and rivers in good repair and health, manage water levels, restore disused waterways and protect sites’ heritage from new developments.
Recent work includes its #PlasticsChallenge, encouraging the public to help it remove plastic waste from their local rivers and canals.
Type of organisation: registered charity
also support…
The Canal & River Trust is a charity looking after the 2,000 miles of waterways in England and Wales, cleaning them, protecting their wildlife and encouraging the public to visit them by promoting the benefits to wellbeing of spending time in these locations. Its staff and volunteers include engineers, hyrologists, ecologists and others to keep canals and rivers in good repair and health, manage water levels, restore disused waterways and protect sites’ heritage from new developments.
Recent work includes its #PlasticsChallenge, encouraging the public to help it remove plastic waste from their local rivers and canals.
Type of organisation: registered charity